An easy trick question to ask students about factors of production is whether money is one. Of course it is not, unless you consider burning it to fuel an oven. A factor of production is an input to the production process, such as capital, labor, raw materials, energy, etc. Money is only a facilitator in the acquisition of those goods. And if money or credit are constraining production, this belongs in a separate constraint, not in the production function.
Why do I mention this? Because money is occasionally put in a production function, and Jonathan Benchimol makes it even the focus and title of his paper. Why does he do that? He wants to estimate a New-Keynesian model and see whether money would matter in such a way. It does not. But who could really blame him for trying, as these models either have money in the utility function (few people enjoy money per se, most people enjoy what you can do with it, and that is already in the utility function) or no money at all (at still manage to draw lessons for monetary policy). In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings.
Why do I mention this? Because money is occasionally put in a production function, and Jonathan Benchimol makes it even the focus and title of his paper. Why does he do that? He wants to estimate a New-Keynesian model and see whether money would matter in such a way. It does not. But who could really blame him for trying, as these models either have money in the utility function (few people enjoy money per se, most people enjoy what you can do with it, and that is already in the utility function) or no money at all (at still manage to draw lessons for monetary policy). In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings.
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